The Effect of Plyometric Training Program on Basketball Players’ Agility

Abstract

Basketball is one of the worlds' most popular and widely viewed sports in history. Nevertheless, playing basketball requires good skills, good body conditioning, and mastery of the game's mental aspects. A good basketball player puts effort into training to get better at playing on the court and should have the personality traits that coaches will appreciate. Further, the increase in a player's performance depends upon the quality of their training. A player should have a unique style and optimal performance physically and mentally to achieve the top peak of success. This study determined the effect of the plyometric training program on basketball players' agility performance. The participants underwent a 6-week training program consisting of different plyometric training drills. All participants were evaluated to measure their agility performance before (pre-test) and after 6 weeks (post-test) of training using the Illinois Agility Test. The findings in this study revealed that most of the subject athletes improved their agility performance with a mean difference of 1.33 ± 0.82 seconds from pre-test to post-test. Moreover, the result of the paired t-test was significant (t(14) = 6.325, p<.05), indicating that there was a significant improvement in the agility performance of subject players as a result of the plyometric training program.